Sergeant Bertram Cunliffe

Army Number: 17607

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Rawtenstall, Lancashire and lived at new Mills, Derbyshire. Grandson of Henry and Ellen Cunliffe, of 23 Kay Street, Rawtenstall. Husband of Margeret Cunliffe. He was a grocer’s assistant prior to enlisting at Buxton, Derbyshire. He went to France on 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, 24th September 1917, whilst serving in the line near Zillebeke, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Sergeant Bertram Cunliffe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Rawtenstall Cemetery War Memorial, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
St. George’s Church War Memorial, New Mills, Derbyshire.